1st Edition
Ambitious Heights Writing, Friendship, Love – The Jewsbury Sisters, Felicia Hemans, and Jane Welsh Carlyle
By Norma Clarke
Copyright 1990
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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How did the Victorian woman cope with the image of herself as a writer?
What were the constraints on female friendships in a world centred on the pre-eminence of the husband?
How significant for an ambitious woman were her politics about men?
At the heart of this book, originally published in 1990, is a friendship between two women: Jane Carlyle and the novelist Geraldine Jewsbury. But it... Read more
List of illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Contrary to Custom, 2. The Pride of Literature, 3. Dragoon Kinds of Women, 4. Difficulties and Danger, 5. Work, 6. The Comforts of Others, 7. Of the Female Persuasion, 8. Telling Truths, Appendix, Notes, Further Reading, Index
Biography
Norma Clarke
